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  In this Thursday, March. 21, 2013 photo, a group of people try to destroy a building in Meikhtila, Mandalay division (AP Photo) Mizzima News December 12, 2013  Court proceedings in the wake of communal violence in Myanmar have often seen Muslims sentenced more quickly and to harsher punishments than non-Muslims, a Mizzima investigation has found. Analysts say court processes and decisions reveal injustices that have been present in the legal system for years and have reinforced perceptions of bias among non-Buddhist communities. But perceptions of bias are not justified in all cases, the investigation found, and in each community where sectarian violence has occurred, the patterns of arrests, prosecutions and convictions have varied. The sensitivity of the issue can make it difficult to obtain information about total numbers of arrests and convictions – assuming it is available – and to elicit comment from officials. When figures were requested f...

By   Anadolu Agency December 12, 2013 A United States committee has approved a resolution urging Myanmar to stop maltreatment of Rohingya ethnic minority living in Burma  Washington - The U.S. House Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific has approved a draft resolution which urges the government of Burma to end the persecution of the Rohingya people, mostly in the western Rakhine state.  Introduced to the committee on November 18, 2013, the resolution was approved at the 1st Session of 113th Congress on Dec. 11 which was headed by Steve Chabot, US Representative for Ohio's 1st Congressional District.  The resolution H. Res. 418 also urges the government of Burma to respect internationally recognized human rights for all ethnic and religious minority groups within Burma.  For the final approval of the resolution, it should be ratified firstly by United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee and then by General Assembly of US House of Repre...

Maung Daw,12. December Over than hundreds of police,Hlun tin with high officals form Maung Daw township ransacked the house of the present village administrator and former village adiministrator of the Oo Shin kya village tract under Maung daw district last night at 8:00pm (on 11 Nov 2013). They arrested the two said administrators of the village although they did find neither any weapon nor anything harmful. The authorites said they got a secret information of hidden weapons in the administrators’s house. So they came to raid the house. Then they digged whole yard and completely ransacked inside and outside the house of the administrators in search of weapons. Thus they didn’t left any corner of the yard undigged and any corner of the house without raiding. Surprisingly the authorities looted 200,000 kyats of the present administrator that was found by them while raiding the house. Although they did not find any thing in the house they reportedly arrested the two administra...

By   Editorial of New York Times December 11, 2013 Anti-Muslim sentiment in Myanmar is threatening to derail the significant progress the country has made toward democracy since the military junta formally stepped down in 2011. In June and in October 2012, rampages in Rakhine State against Rohingyas, a minority Muslim group, left scores dead. Tens of thousands fled their homes. In October this year, mobs attacked Muslims in a rampage that killed a 94-year-old grandmother, among other victims. A far smaller number of Buddhists have also been victims of lethal violence. Hundreds of thousands of Muslims have fled Myanmar, a Buddhist-majority nation. Most sought asylum in Bangladesh and Malaysia. Recently, thousands have taken refuge in or been forcibly displaced to camps within Myanmar where they are virtual prisoners. Humanitarian aid groups have been denied access to these camps. A group of radical Buddhist monks known as 969 and their de facto leader Ashin Wirathu are ...

KPN News  December 11, 2013   Naikonchari, Bangladesh : Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) handed over five released prisoners to the border immigration of Burma on December 10, while Burma’s border immigration handed over two Bangladeshi prisoners through flag meeting between BGB and border immigration of Burma nearby Lal Bridge of Gumdum upazila, according to BGB official. “The flag meeting was held yesterday at about 11:00 am and discussed different issues regarding the border and exchanged prisoners within half an hour.” Lt. Col. Khaled Hasan of Cox’ Bazar, BGB Battalion No. 17 led 10 members delegation from Bangladesh side while a nine-member delegation was led by deputy Director San Oo Naing from Burma side, according to sources. Sources also said that Lt. Col. Mohammed Abuzar Al Jahid of Teknaf Battalion No. 42 was also joined in the meeting. After the meeting, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) handed over five Burmese nationals to Border Immigration...

Stockholm, 11.December (Burma Times) ERC delegation met with a member of Swedish parliament Leader of the Green group and the Committee on the Labour Market. The delegation was included Abul Kalam, ERC secretary of welfare and development, Dr. Ahmed Siddiqui, Rohingya Doctor lives in Swedish and one of reputable advocates of Rohingya, Jan Wihlborg and Johan Wihlborg. The Green Group had already assured that the ERC delegation could participate to advocate for the stateless Rohingya and to unveil the long plight of Rohingya in next session of Swedish parliament. The dignified MP of Green Group stressed to ERC for more effectively working for the stateless Rohingay to create lobby over the Burmese genocidal rulers by the European governments. Abul Kalam , ERC secretary of welfare and development and the three ERC advisers— Dr. Ahamed Siddiqui , Jan Wihlborg and Johan Wihlborg are dynamically working with relentless efforts to empower the ERC so that it can bring a sustainabl...

Maung Daw, Dec 11. ( Burma Times ) Authorities of the Maung Daw district are reportedly exercising discrimination against Rohingya muslim  in different villages under  maung daw township. In most of the territory of the maung daw ,both buddhists and  muslims use bangladeshi mobile sim card openly and secretly. Surprisingly there is a difference lying between them . That is, buddhists people can use the card overtly while muslims have to get permission to use it overtly  otherwise have to  use it covertly.Yesterday on (09 Dec 2013), Three Hlun tin personals arrested a rohingya man named Nooriya in connection of illegal sim card using and took him to Kayein Chaung police campus immediately. The three-man Hlun tin  went to his house to raid according to a secret information they got. The information was about the belonging illegal bangladeshi mobile sim cards and using it. The group found the door closed when they reached to the Noori...